Female Genital Tract Flashcards
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Primary Sex Organs and Product
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- sex organs = gonads = ovaries
- product = gametes (egg)
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ovary
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- where ova are produced and mature
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uterine tube
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- that transports ova to uterus
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uterus
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- that potentially houses developing uterus
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Vagina
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- for copulation, passage of menses, birth canal
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Clitoris, labia majora, and labia minora
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Where is the ovary found?
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- abdominal cavity
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How do the ovaries attach to the walls of pelvic cavity?
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- suspensory ligament
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How do the ovaries connect to the uterus?
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- ovarian ligament
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Ovaries are suspended by what?
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- broad ligament
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Ovary - Histology
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- surrounded by germinal epithelium (single layer)and cortex of connective tissue
- inner medulla of thousands of ovarian follicles at different stages of development
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Oogenesis
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- counterpart to spermatogenesis
- production of oocyte from oogonium
- happens before birth
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Ovarian Cycle
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- follicular cells enlarge and increase in number; secrete estrogen
- follicular cells produce fluid, enlarge more
- follicular cells continue to grow, bulge from surface of ovary, produce cavity called antrum (where fluid connects)
- ovulation = gamete released into peritoneal cavity
- follicular cells form scar-like formation called corpus luteum (secretes progesterone to prepare uterus to support potential pregnancy)
- corpus luteum becomes corpus albicans if no fertilization
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fimbriae
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- located on infundibulum guide to uterine tube
- guides egg from the ovary to the uterus
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where is the ovum ovulated?
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- peritoneal cavity
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ampulla
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- curved region where fertilization takes place
- sperm has to make it all the way to the ampulla
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Isthmus
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- narrow part
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Intramural part
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- where it is within the walls of the uterus
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Fundus
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- rounded part superior to uterotubal junction
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Cervix
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- inferior part that projects into the vagina
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Endometrium
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- inner layer
- Basal layer of endometrium is permanent
- Functional layer is responsive to hormones and sloughed off during menses
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Myometrium
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- thick muscular layer
- contracts to expel the endometrium
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Perimetrium
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- outter serosa
- conective tissue and simple squamous epithelium
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Reproductive Tract: Vagina
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- thin-walled passage
- receives cervix
- lined by stratified squamous epithelium
- lots of things passing in and out
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mons pubis
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- is a round, hair-bearing elevation of skin anterior to pubis
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labia majora
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- are bilateral folds hairy cutaneous swellings extending posteriorly from the mons pubis
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labia minora
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- are smaller, hairless folds bounding the vestibule
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vestibule
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- is a smooth, triangular area bounded laterally by labia minora
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clitoris
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- has a shaft and two crura (homologous to corpus cavernosum of penis)
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bulbs of the vestibule
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- lie to either side of vestibule (Homologous to root and corpus vestibule during arousal spongiosum of penis)
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great vestibular glands
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- secrete mucus into vestibule during arousal
